Fwd: Re: [Qgis-developer] Wiki page: switching from old to new symbology, missing bits

[Andreas Neumann]

 sending this also to the list, since my answer only went to Robert.

 Andreas

 -------- Original Message --------
 Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Wiki page: switching from old to new 
 symbology, missing bits
 Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:58:38 +0100
 From: Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>
 To: Robert Rehammar <robert at rehammar.se>

 Hi Robert,

 I think what you propose would be very nice to have. Currently I am 
 doing this in a Postgis view.

 Given that we already have the field calculator one could re-use this 
 functionality for this purpose.

 Rule-based renderer and hierarchies: I believe this is already possible 
 with the filter grouping. There is group by scale or group by filter. 
 Does this satisfy your needs?

 Please go ahead and modify the wiki, but also don't forget to open a 
 feature request. If you do a feature request in the bug tracker you can 
 add the corresponding link to the wiki.

 Andreas

 On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:15:38 +0000, Robert Rehammar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure if this is out of scope for the new label engine, but it
> would anyway be a nice feature:
>
> Make the label text an answer to a SQL question instead of a single
> field. In particular, make it possible to form strings from several
> fields and fixed strings, e.g.
> label = my_first_column + " " + my_second_column.
> It should also be possible to add control characters, e.g. "\n".
>
> For the rule-based symbology, make it hierarchical, so that it could
> look e.g. like
> if my_fist_column = 1
>   if my_second_column = 1
>   if my_second_column = 2
> if my_fist_column = 2
>   if my_second_column = 1
>   if my_second_column = 2
>
> Controlling e.g. the second rule should make it change in all
> appropriate places, e.g. changing the if my_second_column = 1 to
> if my_second_column = 3 should change this on all places.
>
> Cheers,
> Robert
>
> On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 15:58 +0100, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>  As Paolo suggested, I started a wiki page for problems/missing bits 
>> in
>>  the new symbology. Please add your issues, so we can get a rather
>>  complete view of what is still missing.
>>
>>  
>> http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Switching_from_Old_to_New_Symbology_and_Labeling
>>
>>  This is just a start. I will add more issues in the next couple 
>> days.
>>
>>  Thanks for your help!
>>
>>  Andreas
>>

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